Bitcoin with Ainslie Bullion

Ainslie now accepts Bitcoin, Ether, Litecoin & Ripple as currency for buying and selling bullion. You can also buy and sell Bitcoin, Ether, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash & Ripple directly with Ainslie, without any bullion involved.

Why Bitcoin?

Bitcoin, Ether, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash & Ripple and other ‘crypto currencies’ are an emerging form of alternative money and investment class. Their popularity is growing as more and more people lose faith in fiat currencies, financial institutions and debt inflated financial markets. Whilst we don’t believe they yet present the same fundamental monetary properties of gold and silver, we’ll note that 5000 years ago the same may have been said for gold and silver.

Ultimately Ainslie Bullion wants to provide customers with options to protect and grow their wealth outside of financial markets and banks holding fiat currency. The former has been artificially inflated by monetary stimulus since the GFC, and the latter debased and destabilised by it. We encourage everyone to read Why Buy Bullion for more information on this topic. Many believe Bitcoin, Ether, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ripple and other crypto currencies are still at formative prices and the gains have only just begun. Ainslie provides an exceptionally easy platform for you to enter this market.

We also appreciate there may be many holders of crypto currencies (Bitcoin, Ether, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash & Ripple) that are sitting on enormous gains and are now looking to invest these gains elsewhere. Buying gold and silver with your crypto currency (Bitcoin, Ether, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash & Ripple) means you achieve 2 things:

You can spend your Bitcoin, Ether, Litecoin,Bitcoin Cash & Ripple rather than sell it and then buy bullion with the proceeds. Depending on your personal circumstances that may have tax benefits, but at the very least it saves you fees and bank delays.

On any dispassionate look at the charts, it would appear gold and silver are coming up off (or close to) a bottom whilst Bitcoin, Ether, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash & Ripple have had an incredible run up in price of late. Some may be motivated by a sell high – buy low play, some may just want to hedge, or take a little profit. Only you can know.

To learn more about what Bitcoin is, go to our Bitcoin FAQ’s here.

How we do it

You have four options to trade with crypto (Bitcoin, Ether, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash and Ripple) with Ainslie.

You can pay for your bullion purchase using your crypto (Bitcoin, Ether, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash & Ripple) either when buying online, in store or by phone.

Once we know your Aussie dollar purchase total we simply convert it to the Bitcoin, Ether, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash & Ripple equivalent when we process the order and you transfer that amount of Bitcoin, Ether, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash & Ripple to us either in person (if in store) or using the wallet address we email you. Crypto payments are essentially immediate and we will email you your paid invoice once confirmed. For larger purchases we may choose to wait for more confirmations which can take a little longer.

If you want to sell some of your bullion and receive all or part of the proceeds in Bitcoin, Ether, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash & Ripple you can do so either in store or by phoning us within business hours to arrange. Once we have arrived at an Aussie dollar amount we simply convert it to Bitcoin, Ether, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash or Ripple and transfer it to your wallet either using your phone device, address or QR scan.

If you don’t already have a crypto wallet we can easily set this up for you in store.

You can buy and sell Bitcoin, Ether, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash & Ripple directly through us either in store, online or over the phone. If this is your first time, come and visit us and we can set you up with your own Bitcoin, Ether, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash & Ripple wallet and complete the transfer right in front of you. If you already have a crypto wallet and want to buy and sell through us regularly, this is also possible and can be completed with ease.

We note the public/shared wallet address on your invoice making proof of ownership easy for auditing (especially good for SMSF's) and also topping it up without needing to come into our office.

Once you’ve set up your wallet you may want to store it completely offline, ensuring your privacy and security. Safe deposit boxes are available at Reserve Vault for only $230/year. Ask us how secure storage could be perfect for you.

Don’t want to be managing your own wallet? An Ainslie Crypto Storage account could be ideal. You can purchase and sell Bitcoin, Ether, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash & Ripple whenever you wish and we look after the storage, safely offline and stored securely.

Just like storing bullion in an Ainslie Storage account you will receive an updated certificate of holding with each transaction. Come EOFY we can also provide a statement of holding for your accountant, especially handy and transparent for SMSF investments.